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Mitsubishi Electric has an enviable reputation for the quality and reliability of its products. In fact they are so reliable that many users don’t even know they have them installed. Mitsubishi has backed up their reliability claims by extending its standard warranty for controller and HMI products from one to three years. The […]

The British Food and Beverage Industry has voted a unique Mitsubishi Electric integrated communications solution as the most important technological development of the year. Unlike a PLC, this advanced controller can be programmed in standard C or C++, opening up the world of automation and control directly to non-PLC based engineers. “C” programming is […]

The British Food and Beverage Industry has voted a unique Mitsubishi Electric integrated communications solution as the most important technological development of the year. Unlike a PLC, this advanced controller can be programmed in standard C or C++, opening up the world of automation and control directly to non-PLC based engineers. “C” programming is […]

Automating manual processes is far more challenging than people imagine, particularly when the process has defied engineers for years. Having solved the mechanical problems of producing biscuit crumbs, breakfast cereal and snack foods system integrator Control Freaks of Spalding in Lincs. developed an integrated control scheme to guarantee consistent results. […]

Positioned between the FX Series micro PLCs and the modular, multi-processor iQ platform, the new L Series is Mitsubishi’s Electric’s latest programmable logic controller and uses an innovative and easy-to-expand rack-free design. The single-CPU architecture includes built-in Ethernet and Mini-USB interfaces, a SD/SDHC memory card slot for program storage and data logging, and […]

About 999 Automation

We are a specialist UK business carrying large stocks of variable frequency drives available for same-day collection or next-day delivery. We sell on-line but our dedicated and experienced technical support team provides product advice by phone and email as well as on-site.

999 Automation has the backing and support of some of the largest global manufacturers of industrial control product including Schneider, Mitsubishi and Omron. It is part of one of the UK’s foremost electrical distributors.